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No Ash Wednesday as Barty ousted in Australian Open quarterfinals

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The new guidelines will require migrants to register online or via phone, be tested for the coronavirus in Mexico and then come to a USA port of entry on a sp...

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President Donald Trump's White House was known for an adversarial relationship with reporters, and both Trump himself and his lead spokespeople would frequent...

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Temperatures will hold in the 28-32 range for most areas much of the day. There could be a little snow thrown in there as well, for some. With the wet snow al...

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Dinosaurs first appeared on the Earth about 230 million years ago, which means this footprint "represents a very important early point in their evolution, when ...

NASA Spacewalk happening now

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SpaceX Announces World’s First ‘All-Civilian’ Space Flight

Initially, NASA's Space Shuttle program ended last 2011, with its astronauts joining other space agencies' launch that is bound for the ISS. Isaacman added th...

SpaceX announces first-ever space flight crewed entirely by civilians

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Comet Neowise zooms near Earth

The 3-mile-wide comet was discovered by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ( NEOWISE ) - its namesake - on March 27, 2020. NEOWISE...

China’s moon mission milestone

The launch took place at 04:30 local time on Tuesday (20:30 GMT on Monday). "The Chang'e 5 sample return mission is of course more complicated and hard ...

Axiom sends first fully private crew to the ISS in 2022

Writing in Air & Space previous year about the process of jettisoning objects, veteran NASA engineer Mike Engle explained how launching decommissioned parts f...

SpaceX high-altitude Starship debut go for a second launch attempt

EST from its launch and development site in Boca Chica, Texas . There was low pressure during the landing, "causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD", he wr...

Biggest Ever Survey On Climate Change

Public belief in the emergency was highest in Britain, which is due to host a global UN Summit on climate change in Scotland in November, and Italy with 81 ...

Jupiter and Saturn align in 'Christmas star' effect

With the northern hemisphere's evening skies treated stargazers to a unique illusion Monday, the largest two planets in the solar system seemed to come closer...

Global ice sheets melting at 'worst-case' rates: UK scientists

That's according to a new study , published today in the journal The Cryosphere , calculating all the ice lost around the globe over the last few decades. Yet...

Court Puts A Temporary Stop To Biden Administration Plan To Halt Deportations

The agreement between DHS and Texas also states that the department would "promote the return or removal from the United States of inadmissible and removabl...

SpaceX, Amazon spar over satellite Internet projects

The first Starlink satellites launched to polar orbit are equipped with laser crosslinks, a technology the company plans to add to other satellites next year....

Elon Musk-owned SpaceX launches record-breaking satellites in orbit

The e-commerce giant in July obtained approval from the authorities to deploy a constellation of more than 3,000 satellites in low orbit, which must provide con...

SpaceX Starship test launch ends in fireball explosion at touchdown

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk , however, is still thrilled about the test, stating on Twitter : "Successful ascent, switchover to header tanks & precise flap control t...

Boris Johnson to Launch New International Climate Change Coalition

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President Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL project has put Justin Trudeau in a no-win situation. "This devastating move not only hurts the Americ...

SpaceX launches 2nd crew, regular station crew flights begin

Four astronauts - three from the U.S. and one from Japan - have launched from Florida on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronauts ...

SpaceX Launches 143 Satellites On One Rocket

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Legault wants Quebec travellers to quarantine in hotels for 2 weeks

The premier said that an investigation into the man's death is ongoing and that it's not fair to say people are dying because of the curfew. Will the curfew b...

Canadian PM Trudeau ‘disappointed’ with Biden’s decision on first day

Kenney has called for Canada to introduce economic sanctions against the US if Biden will not reconsider his decision. Psaki told ABC's "Good Morning America" o...

10 life-threatening reactions linked with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine — CDC

However, Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech said they would provide their vaccine to COVAX at an undisclosed "not-for-profit price". People who receive Covid-19 ...

Kenney issues letter to Trudeau, calling for action on Keystone XL

Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office revoking a Keystone XL permit granted by his predecessor, Donald Trump. Justin Trudeau signalled Fr...

Revoking of Keystone XL permit a blow to Canada's oil sector

As Premier Jason Kenney calls for strict action against the USA government in the wake of the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, some are saying Kenney...

China becomes second country to put national flag on moon

This is the first time Chinese spacecraft have carried out rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit. "Human mission to Mars will be even more demanding and cha...

Increase in flood warnings due to rain caused by Storm Christoph

It is expected that numbers will continue to increase in the next 24 hours. The Met Office said some isolated areas could see up to 200mm (7.8in). South Yor...

Tom Cruise Collaborating With Elon Musk’s SpaceX To Shoot Movie In Space

He's probably done all the stunts conceivable on earth. At this point, Cameron's not involved in this film (he's busy making his own space movies, four Avata...

Tom Cruise Will Actually Go to Outer Space For New Action Movie

He's jumped out of planes. NASA's Jim Bridenstine , says they're "excited to work with Tom Cruise on a film aboard the International Space Station". "I h...

2020 one of three warmest years on record: WMO

According to the scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in NY, with the continuing long-term warming trend of the planet, last year's g...

NASA's Boeing moon rocket cuts short 'once-in-a-generation' ground test

Mounted in a test facility at NASA's Stennis Space Center in MS, the Space Launch System's (SLS) 212-foot tall core stage roared to life at 4:27 pm local time ...